04-30-2024, 09:16 PM
(04-30-2024, 08:09 PM)Dill Wrote: There were "communists" among the protestors. By your logic, why wouldn't that make them "pro-communist,"
if a scattered Hamas supporters can make an anti-Gaza protest "pro-Hamas"? Are you supporting Communism if
you support civil rights now?
Were the communists welcomed and given free reign to express their position? One could well draw the conclusion that anything that was perceived as weakening the US would be a prime target for communist/Soviet support. After all, unlike them we actually allowed protest, albeit to different degrees depending on the location at that time.
Quote:NOW most right wingers (maybe not all?) can acknowledge that MLK was "no Soviet." Sure
I haven't encountered anyone, right of left leaning, who considers MLK a Soviet. Maybe you're being a bit prejudiced here?
Quote:Yes there are, and their comments were part of the genocide case that South Africa has brought to the ICJ.
Constantly claiming "no comparison" results in censoring your own intake of information,
while heightening your output of disinformation.
It's Clear to Everyone Gazans Must Be Destroyed, Israeli Lawmaker Says
MK from Netanyahu party says widespread calls to 'destroy' the citizens of the Gaza Strip proves that the right-wing was correct 'all along'
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-03/ty-article/its-clear-to-everyone-gazans-must-be-destroyed-israeli-lawmaker-says/0000018c-ce57-ddba-abad-cef736e40000
Israeli calls for Gaza’s ethnic cleansing are only getting louder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/05/wv-israel-hamas/
'Erase Gaza': How genocidal rhetoric became normalised in Israel
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/erase-gaza-how-genocidal-rhetoric-normalised-israel
‘Wipe Gaza off the face of the earth’: The statements made by Israeli politicians on which South Africa supports its genocide case
https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-11/wipe-gaza-off-the-face-of-the-earth-the-statements-made-by-israeli-politicians-on-which-south-africa-supports-its-genocide-case.html
Certainly some calls for ethnic cleansing, which is separate from genocide. The nuclear weapon comment was understandably walked back. I certainly wouldn't support ethnic cleansing, much as most GOP voters wouldn't support Boebert or Dem voters Cori Bush. The problem for you is the Hamas mission statement, their entire stated purpose for existing, is the eradication of Israel and the murder of all Jews in the Middle East. I think you're going to have to try harder to find a comparable statement from Israel, even among those as extreme as the ones provided. Sadly for you, and the Palestinian people, Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization. Electing them to lead appears to have been a poor choice. And yes, I completely sympathize with those who would oppose Hamas, much as I would with Germans who opposed the Nazis. Hopefully the Palestinians will be able to overthrow their genocidal leaders before it's too late. Maybe if people like you, and the college protestors, assisted them they'd have a greater chance of success?
